Pre-concert talk: Julian Rushton – 29 January 2013
Tue 11 Jun 2013
Professor Julian Rushton takes a detailed look at Mozart’s last three symphonies, in a pre-concert talk given before the concert ‘By Jupiter, that’s the last of Mozart!’ on 29 January 2013 at the Royal Festival Hall, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
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New season brochure 2013-2014
Fri 17 May 2013
The time has come to unveil our new season brochure.This year we went for a purely visual approach, developed with our designers Harrison and Co and photographer Eric Richmond, which has a slight retro feel, using geometric shapes combined with a simple two tone palette.
Read More2013-2014 London concerts: now on sale
Fri 8 Feb 2013
Our 2013-2014 Southbank Centre season is now on public sale. It all starts off on 30 September when baroque legend William Christie returns to us to conduct a programme of orchestral overtures and arias by Rameau as well as music from England’s favourite adopted composer, George Frideric Handel. This opening concert not only starts our…
Read MoreBy Jupiter, that’s the last of Mozart: reviews and reaction
Tue 5 Feb 2013
We finally finished our European tour with Sir Simon Rattle with a flourish at the Royal Festival Hall last Tuesday. Here’s what the press had to say, as well as what you thought of the night.
Read MoreSir Simon Rattle and the OAE
Mon 28 Jan 2013
Music journalist Andrew Mellor wrote a lovely article a while back about our relationship with Sir Simon Rattle, so we thought it was the perfect time to share it with you, just before we perform with the maestro himself tomorrow night at the Royal Festival Hall…
Read MoreFrench Impressionists with Sir Simon Rattle. Tour video diary – No.3
Wed 19 Sep 2012
Sadly, it’s time for the third and concluding part of our Rattle Tour 2012 video diary. Here, we feature interviews with Katherine Spencer (Bass Clarinet), Anthony Robson (Oboe) and Claire Holden (Violin) and rehearsal footage of Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Sir Simon Rattle and of course, our lovely Orchestra. And…some tutus. Enjoy! (Kindly filmed by our Projects…
Read MoreFrench Impressionists with Sir Simon Rattle and Pierre-Laurent Aimard – pictures
Fri 24 Aug 2012
Our French Impressionists tour back in June, where we played the music of Debussy, Ravel and Fauré, was a fantastic way to end our season, and culminated in a packed concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Here are a few pictures from the concert.
Read MoreFrench Impressionists with Sir Simon Rattle. Tour video diary – No.2
Thu 23 Aug 2012
For the second instalment of our tour diary we’re in Rotterdam. Or is it Amsterdam? Whatever – this second part includes an interview with piano specialist and tuner Brian MaCartney, who tells us all about the 1920′s Erard piano that was used in this tour.
Read MoreFrench Impressionists with Sir Simon Rattle. Tour video diary – No.1
Fri 17 Aug 2012
Back in June we were on tour with Principal Artist Sir Simon Rattle, visiting Paris, Rotterdam, Brussels, Cologne and Hamburg with a programme of Fauré, Ravel and Debussy.
Read MoreThe Rattle tour: Chi-chi’s photo diary
Fri 13 Jul 2012
We thought we’d share with you these pictures from our Principal Double Bass, Chi-chi Nwanoku – a kind of photo-diary of our tour with Sir Simon Rattle last month, when we visited Paris, Rotterdam, Brussels, Cologne, Hamburg and of course, London.
Read MoreThe Tea Challenge (aka cake-related post #3567)
Fri 22 Jun 2012
On our recent tour with Sir Simon Rattle, three brave members of the OAE set themselves a tough challenge. They would aim to have tea and cake in every city of the tour. Here’s how Tanya (harp), Jane (flute) and Rebecca (bassoon) got on…
Read MoreRattle Reviewed
Wed 13 Jun 2012
Here’s a round up of reviews from Sunday’s French Impressionists concerts with Sir Simon Rattle and Pierre-Laurent Aimard:
Read MoreFrench Impressionists with Sir Simon Rattle: Audience Reaction
Tue 12 Jun 2012
We caught up with audience members after Sunday’s concert with Sir Simon Rattle and Pierre-Laurent Aimard to ask them what they thought - here’s what they said. More photos and video from the Rattle tour coming soon.
Read MoreLast night’s encores
Mon 11 Jun 2012
So, for those of you who were at the 7pm concert at the Royal Festival Hall last night, here’s what the encores were:
Read MoreOn the road with the OAE, Sir Simon Rattle and the Labèque Sisters
Thu 31 May 2012
As we’re about to hit the road with Sir Simon again we thought it was a good time to post this video from last year’s tour with him, when we visited Luxembourg, Paris, Dublin and of course, London.
Read MoreWe wouldn’t usually do this kind of thing… (AKA exciting stuff is expensive stuff)
Tue 29 May 2012
OK. We admit. We wouldn’t usually do this kind of thing. The OAE Blog is for fun stuff, and it’s not about the hard sell. But we hope you’ll indulge us just this once.
Read More2012-2013 London concerts: now on sale
Tue 14 Feb 2012
Our 2012-2013 Southbank Centre season is now on public sale. It all starts off on 30 September when Emeritus Conductor Sir Roger Norrington returns to us to conduct a programme of Haydn, Cherubini, Gluck, Berlioz and Bizet that not only starts our season but also our 5-event series celebrating strong female roles in opera, Queens,…
Read More2012-2013 Season – sneak preview
Wed 25 Jan 2012
As you may have read in a previous post, this Monday we launched our 2012-2013 Southbank Centre season to the press at the Royal Festival Hall. So it’s now time to give you some highlights and tell you what’s in store. Public booking for the season opens on 14 Feb, but you can book NOW…
Read MoreOur top moments of 2011…
Tue 3 Jan 2012
It’s time for our yearly feature where we ask OAE staff and musicians what their top moments of the past year were, so here we go – and feel free to add your top moments to the comments! “As always with OAE events when you think back over the year it’s SO difficult to pick…
Read MoreZen. The man who cam. (AKA yet more on the Rattle tour)
Wed 10 Aug 2011
Yes we’re still eking out news from our Simon Rattle tour… It was the first trip with the Orchestra for our Digital Content Officer, Zen, and here’s his account of the tour: Often described as the ‘intrepid’ cameraman, I have to say I embarked on this trip, my first OAE tour experience, with a fair…
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